Sunday, May 26, 2013

"The Chewy" Chocolate Chip Cookie

Okay. So I haven't been spending too much time in the kitchen, as
evidenced by my neglected little space here. My right hand has been
out of commission ever since an unfortunate tumble on a riser left me
with a torn ligament. Who knew that school pictures were so hazardous?
Repairs have been made, but I'll be in a cast for a while yet.

My grandson in TX requested cookies, so I couldn't let a little thing like a bum thumb get in the way. I looked to Alton Brown and his mixer friendly recipe for The Chewy, and he did not disappoint me. The only change I made was to use dark brown instead of light brown sugar. And I chilled the dough overnight, which made it even harder to scoop left handed, but made for a nice compact cookie that didn't spread too much in the oven.

This cookie lived up to its descriptive name, and was still pronounced "yummy" (and still chewy) after a few days in the hands of the postal service. It's definitely a "keeper" recipe, especially since my trusty mixer did most of the hard work! And my grandson's smiles across the miles made it totally worth it. :)

In a stand mixer (using paddle attachment) mix butter and both sugars on med. speed for 2 minutes.

Sift together flour, salt and baking soda. (I like to sift onto a piece of waxed paper.)

In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, the egg yolk, milk and vanilla. Add to butter and sugar in mixer (on low speed) until combined.

Gradually pour in flour mixture, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.

Once flour has been incorporated, reduce mixer speed to "stir" and add chocolate chips.

Chill dough for at least an hour. (I chilled mine overnight)

Preheat oven to 350F.

Scoop dough onto parchment covered baking sheets.

Bake 13-15 minutes, depending on your oven and the size of your cookies. I used the medium sized scoop from Pampered Chef, and baked them about 14 minutes. Using this scoop, the recipe yielded about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

YEAH!!! I KNEW you'd be putting an update on here! Can't keep a GOOD LADY down for long! Hope some of these show up at work ....hint....hint.....husband/son of my dear friend!!! We're holding down the fort without you......it's tuff but we're doing our best! RH

I'm sorry about your accident-I hope you are on the mend and will be back to speed shortly!Your grandson is one lucky guy....the cookies are right up my alley and I know my grand kids would go crazy (in a good way!) for these beauties;-)

Well yummy! These are lovely cookies and I just love Alton Brown. All his recipes (that I've made) have turned out great and I see this is no exception. Sorry about your tumble and cast and thumb. You are a wonderful grandma baking while injured - such a trooper! Heal fast!

Those cookies look really good. I hope you are healing well. I fell down the stairs on Mothers Day and broke my left arm up near my shoulder. they cant cast it,so i've been in a sling with a recovery period of about 4-6 months. Glad we both have wonderful husbands : )